If there was any lingering doubt as to whether or not I tend to think too hard over things that don't really require deep thought, this will lay that to rest.
That is, if there was any doubt. And maybe there wasn't, in which case... alrighty, then.
I've put this in Off-Topic, but I really wish there was an Off-off-topic folder. A Stupidly-Off-Topic-What-Are-You-Crazy folder, but now I'm just stalling.
So.
How can the Flash help?
That's the question in its purest form. I've been reading Justice League stuff, and I love when global disaster strikes and they all split up and run off to save the world. "Wonder Woman, you get South America. Green Lantern, you cover Australia." You get the idea. But I can't help but worry that the country who gets the Flash gets the short end of the superhero stick.
Because I can understand dangling over a ravine, clinging to a rock by your fingernails, dirt falling and grip weakening, and looking up to find Wonder Woman or Green Lantern or Manhunter or, of course, the big daddy of them all, Superman, and feeling enormous relief. Hurray!! Saved!!
But... what could the Flash *do*? Besides get there first? I mean, he's fast. Very fast. But is that it? He would be the first one to peek over the ravine and say that help has arrived, but what is he going to do right then? And what if it wasn't just a dangling person, but a teetering house?
I can see how he's excellent when rescues require speed. Like knocking someone out from under a falling anvil. But he's no stronger than the next guy, is he? He can't fly or... use a lasso. He doesn't have a magic ring.
And before you say anything, I do realize not all superheroes are created equally. Each has his/her own abilities. I just can't stop imagining myself, on hearing that JL was sending help, muttering, "As long as it's not Flash..."
Ok. I've asked it. I won't tell you how long I've turned this over in my mind before I got brave enough to post it. That might make me look... silly. (like this doesn't)
Thank you to anyone who read all the way through this! If you any ideas, any scenarios in which the Flash comes in darn handy, I'd love to hear them.
And, of course, my apologies to any Friends of the Flash I may have, in my total ignorance, gravely offended. I assure you that was never my intent.
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